A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Program
January 28, 2010
In This Issue: Victory: New Law Aims to Alleviate New Jersey’s Nurse Faculty Shortage NJ Nursing Scholars Convene at Annual Meeting Leader’s Column – Identifying Critical Resources Building a Collaborative Learning Community: Q & A with Diane Billings RWJF New Jersey Nursing Scholars Go Way Back Did You Know…? Toward Creating a Business Alliance Nation’s Top Experts Re-Envision … More
January 26, 2010
The School of Nursing at Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, N.J., was accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education after an onsite evaluation and curriculum assessment…read more
January 26, 2010
New Jersey foundations are rethinking how to fund nonprofits that desperately need cash to survive the recession and its aftermath even as the stock market slump leaves foundations with less money to spread among a growing list of causes…read more
January 25, 2010
Nursing Faculty Loan Redemption Program Will Provide Much Needed Relief to Health Care’s Frontline Workers, Leaders Say Trenton, NJ – In the face of a serious shortage, New Jersey became the 17th state to provide loan forgiveness for nursing faculty when Acting Governor Stephen M. Sweeney signed the Nursing Faculty Loan … More
January 13, 2010
Contact: Gretchen Wright and Johanna Diaz – (202) 371-1999 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Jersey Nursing Initiative Name 29 New Jersey Nursing Scholars Trenton, NJ – What if New Jersey didn’t have enough nurses to meet the state’s health care needs? What if emergency rooms were understaffed, health clinics closed and nursing … More
January 13, 2010
Contact: Gretchen Wright and Johanna Diaz – (202) 371-1999 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Jersey Nursing Initiative Name 29 New Jersey Nursing Scholars Trenton, NJ – What if New Jersey didn’t have enough nurses to meet the state’s health care needs? What if emergency rooms were understaffed, health clinics closed and nursing … More
January 13, 2010
Contact: Gretchen Wright and Johanna Diaz – (202) 371-1999 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Jersey Nursing Initiative Name 29 New Jersey Nursing Scholars Trenton, NJ – What if New Jersey didn’t have enough nurses to meet the state’s health care needs? What if emergency rooms were understaffed, health clinics closed and nursing … More
January 13, 2010
Contact: Gretchen Wright and Johanna Diaz – (202) 371-1999 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Jersey Nursing Initiative Name 29 New Jersey Nursing Scholars Trenton, NJ – What if New Jersey didn’t have enough nurses to meet the state’s health care needs? What if emergency rooms were understaffed, health clinics closed and nursing … More
January 13, 2010
Contact: Gretchen Wright and Johanna Diaz – (202) 371-1999 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Jersey Nursing Initiative Name 29 New Jersey Nursing Scholars Trenton, NJ – What if New Jersey didn’t have enough nurses to meet the state’s health care needs? What if emergency rooms were understaffed, health clinics closed and nursing … More
January 13, 2010
Contact: Gretchen Wright and Johanna Diaz – (202) 371-1999 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Jersey Nursing Initiative Name 29 New Jersey Nursing Scholars Trenton, NJ – What if New Jersey didn’t have enough nurses to meet the state’s health care needs? What if emergency rooms were understaffed, health clinics closed and nursing … More
January 13, 2010
Contact: Gretchen Wright and Johanna Diaz – (202) 371-1999 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Jersey Nursing Initiative Name 29 New Jersey Nursing Scholars Trenton, NJ – What if New Jersey didn’t have enough nurses to meet the state’s health care needs? What if emergency rooms were understaffed, health clinics closed and nursing … More
January 13, 2010
Contact: Gretchen Wright and Johanna Diaz – (202) 371-1999 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Jersey Nursing Initiative Name 29 New Jersey Nursing Scholars Trenton, NJ – What if New Jersey didn’t have enough nurses to meet the state’s health care needs? What if emergency rooms were understaffed, health clinics closed and nursing … More
January 13, 2010
Contact: Gretchen Wright and Johanna Diaz – (202) 371-1999 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Jersey Nursing Initiative Name 29 New Jersey Nursing Scholars Trenton, NJ – What if New Jersey didn’t have enough nurses to meet the state’s health care needs? What if emergency rooms were understaffed, health clinics closed and nursing … More
January 13, 2010
Contact: Gretchen Wright and Johanna Diaz – (202) 371-1999 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Jersey Nursing Initiative Name 29 New Jersey Nursing Scholars Trenton, NJ – What if New Jersey didn’t have enough nurses to meet the state’s health care needs? What if emergency rooms were understaffed, health clinics closed and nursing … More
January 13, 2010
Contact: Gretchen Wright and Johanna Diaz – (202) 371-1999 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Jersey Nursing Initiative Name 29 New Jersey Nursing Scholars Trenton, NJ – What if New Jersey didn’t have enough nurses to meet the state’s health care needs? What if emergency rooms were understaffed, health clinics closed and nursing … More
January 13, 2010
Contact: Gretchen Wright and Johanna Diaz – (202) 371-1999 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Jersey Nursing Initiative Name 29 New Jersey Nursing Scholars Trenton, NJ – What if New Jersey didn’t have enough nurses to meet the state’s health care needs? What if emergency rooms were understaffed, health clinics closed and nursing … More
January 13, 2010
Contact: Gretchen Wright and Johanna Diaz – (202) 371-1999 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Jersey Nursing Initiative Name 29 New Jersey Nursing Scholars Trenton, NJ – What if New Jersey didn’t have enough nurses to meet the state’s health care needs? What if emergency rooms were understaffed, health clinics closed and nursing … More
January 13, 2010
Two Mercer-area nurses are each receiving a $50,000 scholarship in addition to tuition and fees each year for four years to complete their doctoral studies and ensure there are enough nurses to meet the state’s needs. Connie Kartoz, of West Windsor, and Rahshida Atkins, of Ewing, are earning their doctoral degrees … More
January 12, 2010
Nurses interested in a fast track RN-to-BSN program can receive a BSN degree in 19 months at Felician College in Lodi, N.J. There are 18 cohorts, with 10 groups on campus and eight off-campus sites, which include four community colleges and two hospitals…read more
January 12, 2010
Camden family doctor Jeffrey Brenner wanted to figure out why so many of the city’s residents got their health care in emergency rooms, costing Medicaid and Medicare millions of dollars without controlling chronic diseases like diabetes…read more
January 12, 2010
LibertyHealth signed a contract Friday to sell Meadowlands Hospital in Secaucus to a Newark-based health care investment company that will maintain the 230-bed facility as an acute care hospital, officials said…read more
January 12, 2010
Wilmington University is expanding its programs at two New Jersey community colleges by adding master’s degree programs in nursing and education, school officials announced this week…read more
January 12, 2010
The New Jersey business community is tackling the state’s nurse shortage because “there’s a clear correlation between skilled nurses and good health care,” said Dana Egreczky, senior vice president for work force development at the state Chamber of Commerce…read more
January 5, 2010
After a decline in applications to entry-level nursing programs during the 1990s, interest in nursing careers among Americans has soared in recent years. With the growing complexities of health care and the aging of the U.S. population increasing the demand for nurses, the expansion of the nursing school applicant pool … More